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Nepal

Ranked 25 of 27 for comprehensive power, with an overall score of 4.8 out of 100.

Gained 0.6 points (+15% change) in overall score in 2024.

Analysis

Nepal is a minor power in Asia.

Nepal’s overall power score increased by 0.6 points in 2024.

Nepal’s weakest measure is resilience, where it places second-last, above only Myanmar. Its strongest measure is defence networks, where it rose by two rankings to 21st in 2024.

Nepal exerts less influence in the region than expected given its available resources, as indicated by the country’s negative power gap score, which deteriorated in 2024.

Read more analysis in the Key Findings report. Explore further results in the Scores section.

Annual changes

+2.7Defencenetworks +1.1Militarycapability +0.9Culturalinfluence +0.5Futureresources —Resilience —Economiccapability —Economicrelationships −0.7Diplomaticinfluence

Bilateral Influence

Bilateral trade, current dollars (2022)

Countries that influence Nepal

Globally, which countries does Nepal do most of its trade with?

India 61.8%

China 12.1%

United States 2.8%

European Union 2.6%

Indonesia 2.3%

Countries influenced by Nepal

Which countries in the region rely most on trade with Nepal?

India 0.8%

Bangladesh < 0.1%

China < 0.1%

Singapore < 0.1%

Australia < 0.1%

View Nepal’s regional influence on the Network Power map

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